Monday, July 29, 2013

You
shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the
engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO
THE Lord.

And
you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on
the front of the turban.So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead,
that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of
Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead,
that they may be accepted before the Lord.

What did the engraved words mean? They mean ‘wholly
to the Lord.’ Aaron bore the sin
where we could not follow the commandment, Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, all your soul and all your strength.

Tu. 7/30/13: Romans 6:19What gifts do we
present?

I
speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as
you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading
to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of
righteousness for holiness.

What gifts do we present? We present the
members of our body to God.

We. 7/31/13: 2 Corinthians
7:1What do we cleanse
ourselves from?

Therefore,
having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.

What do we cleanse
ourselves from? We don’t remove dirt, but the inner filthiness of our human susceptibilities.

Th. 8/1/13: 1 Thessalonians
3:12 – 13What does God work
in us?

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one
another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your
hearts blameless in holiness before
our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

What does God work
in us? God makes us increase and abound in love.

Fr. 8/2/13: Hebrews 12:12 –
14What are we to
pursue?

Therefore
strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,and
make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated,
but rather be healed.Pursue peace with all people, and
holiness, without which no one will
see the Lord

What are we to pursue? We actively pursue peace
with all and holiness.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Now
Korah … with Dathan and Abiram … rose up before Moses with two hundred and
fifty … men of renown. They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said
to them, “You take too much upon
yourselves... Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

What was the rebel’s complaint? Moses placed
himself in a position of power.

Tu.
7/22/13: Numbers 16:4 – 7What was Moses’
reaction?

So
when Moses heard it, he fell on his face;and
he spoke to Korah … saying, “Tomorrow morning the LORD
will show who is His and who is holy … whom He
chooses … to come near to Him … Take censers … put fire in them and put incense
in them before the LORD tomorrow …the man whom the LORD chooses is
the holy one. You take too
much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

What was Moses’ reaction? Moses’ fell down and
prayed: the LORD gave him an answer.

And
Korah gathered all the congregation
against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Then
the glory of the LORD appeared to
all the congregation.And the LORD
spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,“Separate
yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”Then
they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all
flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”

How did Moses and Aaron avert catastrophe?
They pleaded for the children of Israel, not the rebels.

What danger did
Korah put Israel in?

Th.
7/22/13: Numbers 16:23 – 26What was the
LORD’s answer?

So
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get
away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”Then
Moses … spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these
wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.”

What was the LORD’s answer? The LORD’s
judgment would fall on the rebels and their families.

Fr.
7/22/13: Numbers 16:31 – 38What was the
LORD’s judgment?

Now,
… as he finished speaking … the ground split apart under them,and
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed
them up, … closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. And
a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men
who were offering incense.

Then
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:“Tell
Eleazar … to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and … let
them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar … they shall be a
sign to the children of Israel.”

What was the LORD’s judgment? The earth
swallowed them all up alive. The only sign left was the bronze covering for the
altar made from 250 censers.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Now
the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and
are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

The parable of the Seed Sower: if you are choked with cares, riches
and enjoyment, you will bring no spiritual fruit to maturity.

Tu. 7/16/13: John 15:1-2, 4-5, 8The vine and the
branches parable

"I
am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that
does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Abide
in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

By
this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
fruit; so you will be My disciples.

The vine and the branches parable: if you live your life in
Christ, the Word of God, you will bear much fruit. This is a promise for eternal
reward.

We. 7/17/13: Philippians 4:16-17Financial gifts

For
even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and again for my necessities. Not that I
seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that
abounds to your account.

Financial gifts: in giving the gift, you receive so much more!
Not just here but to your account in heaven.

Th. 7/18/13: Hebrews 12:11Chastening

Now
no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless,
afterward it yields the peaceable fruit
of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Chastening: corporal punishment is frowned upon and hard to
take: if the giver is God, its yield is peaceable fruit.

Fr. 7/19/13: Hebrews 13:15Praise and
thanksgiving

Therefore
by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to
His name.

Praise and thanksgiving: this is a sacrifice and
the fruit of our lips.

Friday, July 5, 2013

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
"This is the ordinance
of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.

What
is the Passover ordinance? It was an annual celebration of the last night
Israel spent of 430 years of sojourn in Egypt. No foreigner was to participate.

Tu. 7/9/13: Leviticus 18:3Whose ordinance was not to be followed?

According to the doings of the land of
Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the
land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk
in their ordinances.

Whose
ordinance was not to be followed? Neither Egypt nor Canaan’s ordinances were to
be followed.

We. 7/10/13: Numbers 9:14What about a stranger in Canaan?

'And if a stranger dwells among you, and
would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the
Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the
stranger and the native of the land.'

What
about a stranger in Canaan? After all males were circumcised willingly, they
could keep the Passover.

Th. 7/11/13: Romans 13:2Whose authority was not to be resisted?

Therefore whoever resists the authority
resists the ordinance
of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Whose
authority was not to be resisted? Roman authority was not to be resisted. The
Church had new instructions, being the Body of Christ on Earth.

Fr. 7/12/13: 1 Peter 2:13aWhose ordinance was to be followed?

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the
Lord's sake

Whose ordinance was to be followed? Every ordinance of man, for the
Lord’s sake. This applies to members of the Body of Christ, a New Testament beginning.

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